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Lee's Summit police hold a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament to help pay medical costs for Officer Josh Ward, who recently spent three months in a hospital with a flesh-eating bacteria.

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Updated: 4:51 AM CDT Jul 19, 2015

Poker tournament benefits ill officer's recovery

Lee's Summit police hold a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament to help pay medical costs for Officer Josh Ward, who recently spent three months in a hospital with a flesh-eating bacteria.

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WEBVTT A FLESH-EATING VIRUS. SCOTT: OFFICER JOSH WARD WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL JUST THIS WEEK AND TONIGHT HIS FRIENDS WERE HELPING HIM OUT. KMBC 9'S ALAN SHOPE HAS MORE. ALAN: WHEN IT COMES TO GAMBLING, LEE'S SUMMIT OFFICER JOSH WARD'S RETURN TO ACTION IS A SURE BET, AND TONIGHT, HIS CO-WORKERS WERE MAKING SURE OF THAT. IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL POKER TOURNAMENT. TONIGHT'S FULL HOUSE WAS ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE ONE CLOSE FRIEND DOESN'T FOLD. WE ALL CARE, WE ALL CARE FOR JOSH. HE'S PART OF OUR FAMILY. ALAN: MEMBERS OF THE LEE'S SUMMIT POLICE DEPARTMENT HOLDING THIS TEXAS HOLD 'EM TOURNAMENT TONIGHT FOR OFFICER JOSH WARD TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR HIS HEALTH EXPENSES. ONE DAY, HE'S WORKING. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, HE'S CALLING IN SICK AND WE DON'T EVEN REALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON AND HE'S FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. ALAN: WARD SPENT MORE THAN THREE MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL BATTLING A DISEASE HE KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT. TONIGHT, HE'S GRATEFUL. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND I JUST CAN'T THANK EVERYONE ENOUGH FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE AND I'M REALLY HUMBLED BY JUST EVERYTHING. ALAN: FRIENDS SAY WARD'S PROGRESS TO THIS POINT IN POKER TERMS IS A ROYAL FLUSH AND THAT'S GREAT NEWS. THERE WERE A BUNCH OF US THAT WENT DOWN THERE AND APPLAUDED HIM AS HE WALKED OUT OF THERE. IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE. ALAN: ORGANIZERS WERE HOPING TO RAISE ABOUT $10,000 AT TONIGHT'S EVENT. THEY HAD MORE THAN 100 POKER PLAYERS.

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Poker tournament benefits ill officer's recovery

Lee's Summit police hold a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament to help pay medical costs for Officer Josh Ward, who recently spent three months in a hospital with a flesh-eating bacteria.